"A friend of mine who is a political activist said something interesting the other day, and that was for most people on the left political violence is a knob, and they can turn the heat up and down, with things like protests, and riots, all the way up to destruction of property, and sometimes murder… But for the vast majority of folks on the right, it’s an off and on switch. And the settings are Vote or Shoot Fucking Everybody. And believe me, you really don’t want that switch to get flipped, because Civil War 2.0 would make Bosnia look like a trip to Disneyworld."
John Farnham's Rule of Stupids are sage words by which to conduct your life. I'd say they're a good reason to avoid LA completely, even when it's not riot season.
They are also biting at Lake Lavon *closer to home*. I imagine the storms predicted for tonight will break up anything that is happening this evening. And, I will keep an eye and ear on anything happening nearby.
Southside? You'll have a great view. Fwiw, I lived in 4 different lofts in that area of Dallas beginning in 1989. It was better and there was less crime before the development in the area started building new dwellings. I'm praying for the best for all my friends still in that neighborhood.
The state of California primarily funded the NGOs organizing the LA riots against ICE to the tune of tens of millions of $$$ (some NGOs receiving as much as $34 million each).
A corollary to #5 is also the radio rule. Turn on your AM or FM radio, if you can hear a Los Angles (or city in question) radio station, you’re too close. In my area, the most powerful radio station is WIVK FM. We call it the WIVK Rule.
Exactly. If a there is “an exuberant protest” where things are being burned and stores looted, I have no business there or anywhere near the town. Mobs are like a contagion. Ordinarily rational people do really stupid things in mobs. As an example, how many women would show their boobies to totally random strangers? Yet at Marti Gras, it is a fairly common occurrence.
If there is someone dear to me or I owe an obligation, I’ll get as near the “hot zone” as possible to pick them up, but getting myself killed or put in ICU “riding to the rescue,” does no one no good.
There always seems to be a need for an ROE. I'd minimize the number of lawyers, chaplains and DOD civilians on the committee drawing up the ROE for the deploying of National Guard troops. Get some input from the Platoon leaders through the Company Commander level...you know, the guys who want to bring all their men home alive and unmaimed. Issue the NG ammo, dammit. Do not send them in there naked. If you can't trust them (the troops and the leaders) to use good judgment, then don't deploy them. If things devolve into a Mad Max scenario in LA then declare martial law, fix bayonets and leave it to the Guard to restore order. Make sure they have artillery and air support. The choice is chaos or order. No pussyfooting allowed.
But, of course, they'll deploy these guys and hamstring them so that goals cannot be achieved and some die in the process. My advice to the Guardsmen is BYOA. Gah. This is going to be a goatf__k.
Choose 1. (Yeah, I know that I have weighted the lead-in to favor choice #1, but that is how I roll.)
They tried this in the New Orleans area twice back in 2020. The one most folks heard about was an attempt to block the West Bank Expressway... in Jefferson Parish. JPSO don't play, much less play nice.
The other I heard about from a witness. Bunch a masked folks on quads zipped up to block Airline & Clearview (Also in Jefferson Parish, for the non-locals). They decided to go elsewhere when they realized nearly everyone they'd stopped were rummaging around in their consoles, glove boxen, or under their seats.
Why both in Jefferson, instead of in New Orleans proper? RUMINT has it that the various local groups of feral pharmacists had A Word with the protest organizers as to what would ensue if there were to be any "peaceful protests" on their turf...
I'm certainly not the first one to observe this, but it appears that a certain major political party's leadership has made a deal with the devil. That wouldn't bother me so much, as they've pretty thoroughly damned themselves by their own actions, many times over. However, they seem thoroughly determined to drag everyone else to Hell with them.
I'm not looking forward to the day that replicas of Isaac Parker's gallows ("Twelve ropes! No waiting!") are erected by ordinary citizens who are tired of the nonsense, but I see nothing from that leadership that would stave off that day. Fine. On their heads be it.
This property is protected by a United States Marine who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a gunfight. If you do not belong here, Please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with
You also get the behavior that you pay for.
I've heard this as, you get more of what you subsidize, but same general meaning.
Hah, Boris. "Subsidize". Dovetails right in to the Guns or Butter dispute. See what Butter gets you?
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
(and yes, that's exactly how I feel about it. And what I honestly believe would be the best solution).
They forget that their side does not have a monopoly on violence. We're just more reluctant to use it as a first option.
What is it that Larry has said about a rheostat knob versus a flip switch?
I got geeky and looked it up:
"A friend of mine who is a political activist said something interesting the other day, and that was for most people on the left political violence is a knob, and they can turn the heat up and down, with things like protests, and riots, all the way up to destruction of property, and sometimes murder… But for the vast majority of folks on the right, it’s an off and on switch. And the settings are Vote or Shoot Fucking Everybody. And believe me, you really don’t want that switch to get flipped, because Civil War 2.0 would make Bosnia look like a trip to Disneyworld."
I think we also know that if it goes to the mattresses, our freedom goes away, no matter who wins.
There’s an Iron Law that applies here:
You get more of what you reward, and less of what you punish.
Without a doubt, the population centers of our country will experience a fine FAFO, brought courtesy of Progressive Elite wing nuts with TDS.
As the Boy Scouts say: "Be Prepared!"
It's the public protest version of an angry Karen crashout, with the addition of breaking and things and attempted battery.
It's emotionally satisfying on the temporary level of a 2 year old throwing a tantrum, but doesn't do much to actually advance the cause.
In fact, they're going to be worse off for it.
John Farnham's Rule of Stupids are sage words by which to conduct your life. I'd say they're a good reason to avoid LA completely, even when it's not riot season.
Or any other large population center. LA is the tip of the iceberg.
I worry about this crap breaking out in Dallas. I work literally across the DART train tracks from DPD headquarters.
I hear the bass are biting at Lake Ray Roberts.
They are also biting at Lake Lavon *closer to home*. I imagine the storms predicted for tonight will break up anything that is happening this evening. And, I will keep an eye and ear on anything happening nearby.
Not too close, and not downwind..... just sayin....
Southside? You'll have a great view. Fwiw, I lived in 4 different lofts in that area of Dallas beginning in 1989. It was better and there was less crime before the development in the area started building new dwellings. I'm praying for the best for all my friends still in that neighborhood.
One of the major reasons I did not go back to BUMC……. I ain’t driving in this crap….. or being trapped at the hospital
Peace is a state of being defined as the absence of conflict. If they're no longer breathing, they are at peace.
From Dr. Malone's post today:
'Data Republican' on X has the receipts. (https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1931508083127362024)
The state of California primarily funded the NGOs organizing the LA riots against ICE to the tune of tens of millions of $$$ (some NGOs receiving as much as $34 million each).
A corollary to #5 is also the radio rule. Turn on your AM or FM radio, if you can hear a Los Angles (or city in question) radio station, you’re too close. In my area, the most powerful radio station is WIVK FM. We call it the WIVK Rule.
Radio travels a lot farther.
Exactly. If a there is “an exuberant protest” where things are being burned and stores looted, I have no business there or anywhere near the town. Mobs are like a contagion. Ordinarily rational people do really stupid things in mobs. As an example, how many women would show their boobies to totally random strangers? Yet at Marti Gras, it is a fairly common occurrence.
If there is someone dear to me or I owe an obligation, I’ll get as near the “hot zone” as possible to pick them up, but getting myself killed or put in ICU “riding to the rescue,” does no one no good.
Radio waves will travel for a hundred miles or better. If you're having issues that far out, then there's bigger issues.
There always seems to be a need for an ROE. I'd minimize the number of lawyers, chaplains and DOD civilians on the committee drawing up the ROE for the deploying of National Guard troops. Get some input from the Platoon leaders through the Company Commander level...you know, the guys who want to bring all their men home alive and unmaimed. Issue the NG ammo, dammit. Do not send them in there naked. If you can't trust them (the troops and the leaders) to use good judgment, then don't deploy them. If things devolve into a Mad Max scenario in LA then declare martial law, fix bayonets and leave it to the Guard to restore order. Make sure they have artillery and air support. The choice is chaos or order. No pussyfooting allowed.
But, of course, they'll deploy these guys and hamstring them so that goals cannot be achieved and some die in the process. My advice to the Guardsmen is BYOA. Gah. This is going to be a goatf__k.
Choose 1. (Yeah, I know that I have weighted the lead-in to favor choice #1, but that is how I roll.)
1. The rule of law.
2. Anarchy.
They tried this in the New Orleans area twice back in 2020. The one most folks heard about was an attempt to block the West Bank Expressway... in Jefferson Parish. JPSO don't play, much less play nice.
The other I heard about from a witness. Bunch a masked folks on quads zipped up to block Airline & Clearview (Also in Jefferson Parish, for the non-locals). They decided to go elsewhere when they realized nearly everyone they'd stopped were rummaging around in their consoles, glove boxen, or under their seats.
Why both in Jefferson, instead of in New Orleans proper? RUMINT has it that the various local groups of feral pharmacists had A Word with the protest organizers as to what would ensue if there were to be any "peaceful protests" on their turf...
I'm certainly not the first one to observe this, but it appears that a certain major political party's leadership has made a deal with the devil. That wouldn't bother me so much, as they've pretty thoroughly damned themselves by their own actions, many times over. However, they seem thoroughly determined to drag everyone else to Hell with them.
I'm not looking forward to the day that replicas of Isaac Parker's gallows ("Twelve ropes! No waiting!") are erected by ordinary citizens who are tired of the nonsense, but I see nothing from that leadership that would stave off that day. Fine. On their heads be it.
Negotiating with the illegals:
This property is protected by a United States Marine who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a gunfight. If you do not belong here, Please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with
USMC might be difficult due to Posse Comitatus. Not necessarily impossible, but there would be extra steps involved.